Trolling spoon



Feb. 12, 1935. `Wl ,1 EGGLESTCN I 1,991,142

TROLLING sPoQN l Filed Feb; 2o, 1932 Patented Feb. 12, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a trolling spoon and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character which closely resembles a minnow or small sh both in appearance and in movement in the water, thereby attracting fish thereto.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a trolling spoon which will be simple in construc-4 tion, strong, durable,.attractive and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing land still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a trolling spoon constructed in accordance with the present invention. i

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view, taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the trolling spoon constituting the present invention comprises a body portion 1 of substantially ovate general form when viewed in side elevation, said body having an opening 2 in its forward end portion for the connection thereto of a swivel 3. The swivel 3, of course, provides the coupling between the spoon and 'the line. Projecting from the rear end of the body 1 is a tail 4, the upper and lower portions 5 of which are oppositely curved. The tail 4 is provided with an opening 6 for connecting a hook '1 to the spoon. v

From a consideration of Figure 2 of the drawing, it will be seen that the edges of the body portion l of the spoon are perfectly straight in plan from end to end of said body portion. Rising from the upper edge of the body portion 1 are the fins 8 and similar lins 9 project from the lower edge of said body portion. The body 1 is formed with the oppositely Vextending substantially concavo-convex portions 10 and 11.

The shape of the trolling spoon is such that it will travel substantially vertically through the water and follow a zigzag course. Further, it has been found in practice that the spoon will sway laterally slightly as it is drawn through 5 the water. Still further, a trolling spoon has been provided which may be expeditiously stamped in one operation from a sheet of metal.

It is believed that the many advantages of a trolling spoon constructed in accordance with 10 the present invention will be readily understood, and although the preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, it is to be understoodv that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arl5 rangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed isz- 1. A trolling spoon formed of a relatively thin iish-body shaped plate having its peripheral 20 edge throughout substantially its entire extent lying in a single plane, the hook end of the spoon having its peripheral edge extending at an inclination to the plane of the rst mentioned peripheral edge, the hook end of the spoon having 25 the shape of a tail consisting of two tins each extending in an opposite direction to the other from the mainbody portion of the spoon, the spoon having a longitudinal cross section which `is concavo-convex at opposite sides of the ap- 30 proximate midsection thereof, the curvatures of the concavo-convex portions being in opposite directions and the midsection lying in the same plane as the first mentioned peripheral edge, whereby the spoon will ride on an edge thereof 35 and will tip from side to side when drawn through the water.

2. A spoon as claimedl in claim 1 and which has a pair of relatively large' fins at the front of the midsection and a pair of relatively small fins 40 at the rear of the midsection, the large andsmall fins lying in the same. plane.

WILLIAM J. EGGLESTON. 

